Jesús Zurdo Alaguero wrote:
> I have heard about people experiencing effects similar to protonation
> (low pH) on acidic residues when calcium was added to protein solutions
> or peptides when studying folding and dynamics of those. Unfortunately
> I've got stuck searching the literature and I cannot find anything but
> pure Ca2+ interaction with calcium binding proteins, and I would be
> interested in a less specific effect.
Of course Calcium2+, as any ion, would increase the ionic strength of
the solution, and this in turn alters (decreases) the effect of
electrostatic interactions, e.g. salt bridges.
Frank
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